FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2007CONTACT: Josh Dorner, 202.675.2384 Sierra Club Decries Filibuster of Energy BillSmall Minority Blocks Progress; Turns Backs on ConstituentsSuffering Under Energy High Costs Washington, D.C.--After passing the House yesterday by a vote of 235-181,H.R. 6, the landmark energy bill failed to achieve the 60 votes necessaryto overcome a Republican-led filibuster in Senate. The vote on the cloturemotion was 53 to 42. Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director "It is extremely disappointing that after a resounding victory in the Housejust yesterday, a few senators have chosen to block America's way forwardin favor of the outdated energy industries of the past. It isunconscionable that a small group of senators are determined to block ahistoric clean energy bill whose individual provisions are both popular anddemanded by a majority of Americans. "Senators voting against this measure are not only standing in the way of aclean energy future, but are also turning their backs on the hardworkingAmerican families who are suffering under the skyrocketing energy costsbrought on by decades of failed energy policies. "When this measure is brought up again--as we expect it soon will be, wehope that the Senate chooses to side with the best interests of theirconstituents instead of the wishes of polluting special interestsdetermined to stop progress at all costs." # # #
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